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Thursday, April 7, 2011

F is for...

Feeling the soft white sand between my toes as my footprints were erased away almost immediately, I walked the beach. It was not yet crowded with the sound and movement of people. In fact, the natural elements had taken hold, giving me peace and solitude...alone with my music, my thoughts, my dreams.

Looking out onto the blue waters, seeing the varying shades of blue-green melded with the occasional white foam, my brain waves were interrupted by the sound of the nature's. Ships of all sizes and shapes bobbing gracefully on those waves. How could something built by man be so fluid? Or was it the ocean that made them seem fluid? Even they were at rest.

Scattered among the boats, I saw a few workers preparing for their day, as I waved and said, "Bon dia". I have found here that almost all Arubans are happy and smile all the time. Perhaps that is why Aruba is known as One Happy Island.

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BE GRATEFUL...

Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, it is the parent of all others.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.~ Melody Beattie

REMEMBER...

"You own everything that happened to you. So, go ahead, tell your stories. If people wanted you to think warmly about them, they should have behaved better."....Anne Lamott